Zinke signs secretarial order to jump-start production within NPR-A.

The article reports on the signing of the secretarial order by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to start the oil production in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). Topics include the order which also calls on the updated assessment of undiscovered and technically recoverable oil and gas resources in Alaska's North slope (ANS), the congressional support of Zinke's order, and the plan of consulting with the tribes, communities, and Native corporations for the review.